Liyang Grotto-Heaven

"Etc!"

Just as the city guard's Primordial Spirit was about to stop True Lord, a deafening roar resounded through the void.

Thirteen bolts of lightning, like roaring silver dragons filling the sky, tore through the house with devastating force and slammed into the five Martial Kings, eight Martial Grandmasters, and Primordial Spirit True Lord Monarchs inside.

Of all the people, only the strongest peak Martial King sensed the crisis and reacted by activating his martial will.

But...

It's useless.

Even a peak Martial King would find it difficult to withstand the Thunder Divine Ability amplified by the Lightning Domain, even if he unleashed his innate divine power.

His newly awakened martial will had not yet touched the Gu Jinlai when it was struck and torn apart by the Thunder Sword. Then, with its blazing and violent power, it blasted into his body, instantly burning his body into a charred mess.

He opened his eyes wide, as if trying to see who had attacked him, but as the house collapsed due to the thunderous strike, the falling stones and rubble completely shattered his charred body.

All thirteen people perished on the spot.

This shocking scene made the Primordial Spirit True Lord freeze, and the words he was about to say came to an abrupt halt.

The figures from Gu Jinlai landed in this courtyard, sensed it for a moment, and quickly gathered up the objects and supplies.

When the Ouyang family evacuated Fengyu City, they couldn't carry bulky, low-priced supplies, so they only carried smaller items, which made it convenient for Gu Jinlai to pack up and take with him.

As for real estate assets...

Soon, people from Haifeng City will also have to come and clean up the battlefield. Consider this a reward for the hard work of the people from Haifeng City.

"Alright, this group of fugitives from my Wind and Rain City has been executed on the spot. Now that this matter is settled, I'll take my leave."

Gu Jinlai bowed to this Primordial Spirit True Lord.

The Primordial Spirit True Lord, recalling the scene of the thirteen Thunder Swords piercing the air, swallowed hard and stammered, "You... you... please go ahead..."

Gu Jinlai nodded, and with the packed supplies, headed straight for the Xiansheng Tower outside the city.

This Primordial Spirit watched Gu Jinlai True Lord leave, and remained in a daze for a long time.

"Call out!"

At this moment, one after another Celestial Person rushed over.

There are both Celestial Person from the City Guard and Celestial Person from the City Lord Mansion.

"What happened?"

One of the city guards, a Celestial Person, directly inquired, "I just sensed a vast and violent energy, like someone releasing Divine Ability, and... it wasn't an ordinary Divine Ability? Is something happening to those peak Celestial Person above? But why didn't I receive any news about it?"

"It's the City of Wind and Rain."

The Primordial Spirit True Lord had barely calmed down by this point and immediately said, "It's Gu Jinlai, the Chief District Master of the outer city of Wind and Rain City. He says he's here to apprehend a group of criminals who have fled to our Haifeng City..."

"Wind and Rain City?"

The city guard Celestial Person somewhat surprised.

In the past few days, several major forces from Fengyu City have indeed sought refuge in Haifeng City. As for the reason...

He had heard some of it.

It is said that the chief district lord of the outer city of Fengyu City has been purging all violations of discipline and law in the outer city Gu Jinlai, sweeping away all darkness and evil with overwhelming force.

Because the regional lord possessed combat power comparable to a peak Celestial Person, the Lineage forces in the outer city were unable to resist him. Those with connections fled to the Inner City, while those with the ability fled to surrounding cities.

He had also heard about the related reports in the past few days.

Unexpectedly...

These Lineage all fled to Haifeng City, but the regional commander still didn't let them go. Instead, he chased them all the way to Haifeng City and wiped out all the fleeing Lineage.

"They didn't even report to us before they crossed city lines to enforce the law."

The Celestial Person frowned, a hint of displeasure in his expression.

However, considering the terrifying strength of those who have rivaled the peak of Celestial Person Gu Jinlai, he had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction.

The slightest irregularity would not be enough for the truly powerful figures in Haifeng City to provoke such a formidable opponent.

"Alright, considering he didn't cause any impact on the surrounding area, let's just let this matter go."

The Celestial Person said something and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, as if he had received some news, his expression changed, and he immediately said to a Primordial Spirit True Lord beside him, "The Lord of Lei Yuan wants to see you and has something to ask you."

"Martial Saint!?"

The Primordial Spirit True Lord startled.

Lei Yuan is one of the three giants of the city guard.

He is second only to Li Shengyang, the military lord of Haifeng City.

The two dared not delay and headed straight for the residence of Deputy Commander Lei Yuan.

At this moment, besides the Martial Saint who stood at the top level in Haifeng City, there were two Celestial Person in Lei Yuan's mansion. One of them was none other than Yun Haoran of the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

The ruling class of Haifeng City is about the same as that of Fengyu City.

Although they are located in the inner ring city, which is much safer than the outer ring city, due to their developed economy and abundant wealth, there are actually more forces entrenched in the city and unwilling to leave.

Besides the City Lord Mansion, which is the residence of the national saint, there are six saints and twelve martial saints in the entire Haifeng City, totaling nineteen top experts.

The only difference is that the quality of these nineteen top experts is slightly lower than that of those from Wind and Rain City.

If we were to truly compare the military strength of the two cities, the thirteen giants of Fengyu City might not be much weaker than those of Haifeng City.

As one of the four major chambers of commerce in Haifeng City, Yunhai Chamber of Commerce naturally has a powerful background.

This person is Lei Yuan, the deputy commander of the city guard.

As he listened to Yun Haoran's introduction, he took out several pieces of gold and jade that were exceptionally valuable and examined them closely. "So, this group of people from Gu Jinlai is the same group that the people from our Haifeng City branch of the Holy Dynasty Bank have been looking for?"

"Right."

Yun Haoran nodded heavily. "That group of people first appeared in our Haifeng City half a year ago. They directly sold a large amount of supplies. Although they sold them in batches, the fact that supplies worth hundreds of billions flowed into the market still attracted a lot of attention. What really caught the attention of the Holy Dynasty Bank was a top-grade Spirit Artifact they were selling. After being appraised by professionals, this batch of weapons was identified as a standard weapon of Liyang Cave Heaven!"

"Liyang Cave Heaven".

Lei Yuan took out the gold and jade again and examined it closely.

Liyang Cave Heaven was one of the strongest cave heavens in the Holy Domain. They held out for a full thirty-six years until the terrifying Devil Master Cangming of the Demon Realm severed a part of his arm, crossed the Demon Abyss, manifested Demon Devil Incarnation, and killed the resident immortal of Liyang Cave Heaven before being completely destroyed.

Although this grotto-heaven was breached, before its destruction, Liyang Grotto-heaven launched the Fire Seed Project. Nine Fire Seeds, each replicating a portion of Liyang Grotto-heaven's heritage and carrying a large amount of resources, fled to various parts of the world.

Currently, three of the nine embers have been discovered, and four others have been confirmed to have been destroyed. However, two embers remain scattered and living in anonymity, hoping to one day restore the glory of Liyang Cave.

Six months ago, this group of people put out the standard Spirit Artifacts of Liyang Cave Heaven for sale, which immediately attracted the attention of those who were interested.

Although they couldn't determine whether those people belonged to the flame of Liyang Cave Heaven, or whether they had simply been lucky enough to obtain some Spirit Artifacts left behind after the cave heaven's destruction, but...

Such a fortuitous opportunity was enough to warrant his action.

"Six months ago, the group of people we were targeting revealed a Primordial Spirit True Lord and a Celestial Person, so we started our investigation in that direction. However, after six months, we had no results. It wasn't until two days ago, when that Gu Jinlai was holding a piece of gold and jade that was recorded in the Haifeng City branch, that I realized something was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that we might have been on the wrong track from the beginning."

Yun Haoran said in a deep voice, "Who can guarantee that there is only one Celestial Person and one Primordial Spirit True Lord who carry the inheritance of Liyang Cave Heaven?! Maybe they have other people, and that Celestial Person and Primordial Spirit True Lord disappeared after making a high-profile appearance once, and someone else took over the public eye. This person is Gu Jinlai."

After saying that, he handed over a document. "My lord, please take a look. This is the information I just received this morning about this person, Gu Jinlai. He suddenly appeared in Wind and Rain City three months ago. His identity is that of an exile, and... he is an exile without any relatives with him."

"No relatives were with you?"

Lei Yuan quickly realized something was wrong.

Although some lone travelers did escape to the Holy Dynasty, a Martial King already possesses certain abilities; surely he wouldn't be unable to protect even the few closest people around him?

"We suspect that he did have relatives, but that he had hidden them away. In addition, his subsequent growth in strength was extremely strange. He only showed the strength of a high-level Martial King when he first entered Fengyu City, but in just three months, he was able to rival the peak Celestial Person."

Yun Haoran chuckled as he said this, "The claim from Fengyu City is that he obtained a superior Divine Ability that even martial artists can cultivate, and he even perfected this superior Divine Ability. But now it seems... Martial King might just be his disguise. Peak Celestial Person is his true strength."

A thousand years ago, even a true immortal on land could become a celestial master. Naturally, in the Holy Dynasty, there were also Celestial Person who had no hope of progress who would become Martial Kings.

Lei Yuan's gaze returned to the golden jade in his hand.

I wonder what he's thinking.

Soon, the city guards' Celestial Person and that Primordial Spirit True Lord arrived at the scene.

Lei Yuan inquired carefully about the methods used to deal with the Ouyang family Gu Jinlai.

Ultimately, it was discovered that...

Gu Jinlai, there has definitely been something wrong with them.

Moreover, even if there were no problems, given that Gu Jinlai possessed hundreds of gold and jade coins, he would have an incentive to go and try to take advantage of them.

After all, the goods sold by that group of people back then were worth tens of billions of dollars, not to mention the goods that were not investigated.

With this thought in mind, he made a decision.

At that moment, he slowly stood up. "Gu Jinlai is the chief district lord of Fengyu City, not the chief district lord of Haifeng City. It is not his place to interfere in the affairs of Haifeng City. He committed violence in Haifeng City without our consent or any report. He clearly does not respect the Haifeng City Guard."

He waved his hand coldly and ordered, "Gather your men and arrest Gu Jinlai. He must give us an explanation for what happened today."